Book of Exercises II - Softcover

George Seferis

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1954218281 ISBN 13: 9781954218284

Publisher: World Poetry Books, 2024

Synopsis

The first English translation of legendary Greek poet George Seferis’s lesser-known political, satiric, and erotic poetry as well as previously unseen material from his diaries.

Poet, diplomat, and literary critic George Seferis (1900-1971) won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1963. He is known to most readers as a myth-loving modernist. BOOK OF EXERCISES II -- a multi-genre volume, containing political, satiric, erotic, panegyric, and calligraphic poems drawn from the poet's diaries between 1931 to 1971 -- opens up a hitherto unknown Seferis to English-language readers, offering a closer look at his creative process, opinions, and personal life.

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About the Author

George Seferis (1900-1971) was a Greek poet, diplomat, and literary critic who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1963. As a diplomat for the Greek nation, Seferis served during the Metaxas dictatorship of the 1930s, in exile throughout World War II, during the Greek Civil War and the Cyprus crisis. His death during the Junta dictatorship was a moment of national mourning and resistance.

Edition details

• Publisher: World Poetry Books
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1954218281
• ISBN 13: 9781954218284
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 232